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If you liked Shoujo Kakumei Utena add

...then you might like Mawaru Penguindrum add

Both works by Ikuhara surround somewhat confused protagonists in an abstract quest for an unusual goal. In each anime, just about every protagonist, supporting character and antagonist have much more to them than meets the eye. I also consider many characters in one series to have an uncannily similar character in the other.

If you liked Hoshi no Koe add

...then you might like Pale Cocoon add

Both of these anime are short 25 minute movies about loneliness in a science fiction setting. Both of these anime spend most of their time illustrating this loneliness and both end without full resolution of the issues brought up.

If you liked Shoujo Kakumei Utena add

...then you might like Princess Tutu add

Both of these series are shoujo based on fairy tales which invert the classic relationship between men and women in them. In each of these anime, the protagonist is a girl who takes on the role of the hero traditionally designated to the prince, a man. Both anime also ask if the heroic actions we see in fairy tales are really genuine and are really the right thing to do.

If you liked Mononoke add

...then you might like Kaiba add

Very similar and unconventional art style. Both series heavily conceal important information from the viewer as a technique to give a feeling of uncertainty throughout the series. Both have an episodic format, although Kaiba abandons this after the first half of the series. Finally each of these anime is very good, very deep, and surprisingly touching.

If you liked Mousou Dairinin add

...then you might like Mawaru Penguindrum add

When I first watched Paranoia Agent, I thought I would never see anything like it again. Thankfully, I was wrong. Mawaru Penguindrum bears many similarities to Paranoia Agent. These include large amounts of humor in the beginning, extremely strange and convoluted plots, highly flawed but loveable characters, and surprisingly touching endings. Finally, both of these anime have very significant points to make regarding escapism for Paranoia Agent and fate for Mawaru Penguindrum.

If you liked Shinseiki Evangelion add

...then you might like Bokura no add

Both series discuss the implications of using child soldiers to protect the world from terrifying, otherworldly beings attacking for an unknown purpose. It doesn't end well for the kids in either case...

If you liked Higurashi no Naku Koro ni add

...then you might like Another add

People start dying in a high school class. Both are super gory and both heavily focus on the reactions of the people in the schools.

If you liked Pale Cocoon add

...then you might like Sakasama no Patema add

Patema is much longer, but both of these anime are fundamentally about the things you can miss if you don't look around.

If you liked Wolf's Rain add

...then you might like Ergo Proxy add

Both involve very dark settings, both in animation and themes where the world is dying and in both series, the protagonists travel across the world in search on answers on how to save it.

If you liked Princess Tutu add

...then you might like Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica add

Both series are magical girl series with bright colors and pretty animation that are much, much, much darker than they initially look.

If you liked Higurashi no Naku Koro ni add

...then you might like Shinsekai yori add

Both series repeatedly switch between slice of life and horror. In both series, enough time is spent with both the slice of life and the horror that the viewer should enjoy both genres to really like each series.

If you liked Shinsekai yori add

...then you might like Psycho-Pass add

Both anime are about dystopian societies that base their legal system on the risk of committing a crime and extensive information control with the intention of preventing people from learning things that could risk the order of society. In both anime, the government is shown to have reason to act the way they do, but it never really is fully justified. Finally, the weaknesses of both societies are exploited to great harm to the population.